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8471040458British East India CompanyA joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years.0
8471040459Cape ColonyDutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 initially to provide a coastal station for the Dutch seaborne empire; by 1770 settlements had expanded sufficiently to come into conflict with Bantus.1
8471040460Colombian Exchangethe trading of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa2
8471040461Core NationsNations, usually European, that enjoyed profit from world economy; controlled international banking and commercial services such as shipping; exported manufactured goods for raw materials.3
8471040462Henry The NavigatorThis Portuguese prince who lead an extensive effort to promote seafaring expertise in the 14th century. Sent many expedition to the coast of West Africa in the 15th century, leading Portugal to discover a route around Africa, ultimately to India.4
8471040463Vasco de GamaPortuguese explorer who started exploring the east African coast and eventually reached Calicut on the southwestern coast of India; gave Portugal a direct sea route to India5
8471040464Vasco de BalboaFirst European to reach the Pacific Ocean, 1513.6
8471040465Christopher ColumbusHe mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.7
8471040466Treaty of ParisConcluded in 1763 after the Seven Years War; Britain gained New France and ended France's importance in India8
8471040467Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese explorer who found a sea route to the Spice Island by sailing around the American continent. His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world.9
8471040468BoersAlso known as Afrikaners, the sector of the white population of South Africa that was descended from early Dutch settlers10
8471040469MestizosA new racial concept that develops in Latin America following the intermixing that occurred between European colonists and the native American population.11
8471040470Francisco PizarroSpanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).12
8471040471William PennEnglishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718). Founded it so others could be free of persecution.13
8471040472Emperor AtahualpaRuler who's father was killed by infectious disease , gained throne by killing his half brother in civil war and was executed by Francisco Pizarro.14
8471040473MercantilismAn economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought15
8471040474Battle of LepantoNaval battle between Spain and the Ottoman empire resulting in Spanish victory in 1571. Demonstrated European naval superiority over Muslims16
8471040475the Line of demarcationimaginary longitude, moved slightly from line drawn by Pope Alexander VI; divided new lands claimed by Portugal from those of Spain (1493)17
8471040476gunpowderEuropean knowledge of explosives -> Chinese invention; adapted into gunnery18
8471040477Dutch East India Companyjoint stock company; obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as independent government in regions claimed; not supervised by own states; rights to raise armies and coin money on own19
8471040478compassDuring 15th century; Europeans; used compass for navigation; copied from Arabs -> who learned from Chinese20
8471040479caravelsmall, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in 15th century by Portuguese to explore along west African coast and into Atlantic Ocean21
8471040480Cabotc. 1450 - c. 1500); was a Genoese navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration of the mainland of North America since the Norse Vikings' visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.22
8471040481CabralPortuguese leader of an expedition in India; blown off course in 1500 and landed in Brazil23
8471040482Hudson24
8471040483Dias25
8471040484Ferdinand and Isabella26
8471040485Drake27
8471040486tariffs28
8471040487proletariatclass of working people without access to producing property; typically manufacturing workers, paid laborers in agricultural economy, or urban poor, in Europe, product of economic changes of 16th and 17th centuries29
8471040488domestic manufacturing system30
8471040489cash crops31
8471040490capitalism32
8471040491the LevelersThe Levellers were a political movement during the English Civil War (1642-1651) that emphasised popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law, and religious tolerance, all of which were expressed in the manifesto "Agreement of the People". In contrast to the Diggers, the Levellers opposed common ownership, except in cases of mutual agreement of the property owners. The Levellers came to prominence at the end of the First English Civil War (1642-1646) and were most influential before the start of the Second Civil War (1648-1649). Leveller views and support were found in the populace of the City of London and in some regiments in the New Model Army. The term "leveller" had been used in 17th-century England as a term of abuse for rural rebels33
8471040492inflation34
8471040493flying shuttle35
8471040494The Seven Years' Warfought both in continental Europe and also in overseas colonies between 1756 and 1763; resulted in Prussian seizures of land from Austria, English seizures of colonies in India and North America36

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